Zac Efron American Actor Born 1987 in San Luis Obispo

Zac Efron (18 October 1987, San Luis Obispo) is an American actor. Among the titles he is known for are High School Musical (2006) and High School Musical 2 (2007).

Early life

He attended Arroyo Grande High School, Paulding Middle School and Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts.

Career

The earliest of his listed screen credits is CSI: Miami, from 2002. His 2000s credits include NCIS (2003) and High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008). During the 2010s, he worked on The Greatest Showman (2017, as Phillip Carlyle) and Baywatch (2017, as Matt Brody). Work from the 2020s includes The Iron Claw (2023, as Kevin Von Erich) and A Family Affair (2024).

In total, 35 films and 6 TV series are listed from 2002 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (11), followed by romantic comedy (7) and comedy (6). The list ends, for now, with The Studio (2025). Of his four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Neighbors (2014) has the highest, at $271 million.

Ashley Tisdale appears in four of his listed titles, including The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Vanessa Hudgens (four titles) and Hannibal Buress (four titles). Kenny Ortega directed three of his titles on record. Nicholas Stoller is credited as director on two of them, including Neighbors 2 (2016).

Zac Efron has released 7 singles on record, including Rewrite the Stars (2017). His music work includes membership in High School Musical Cast. Other members of High School Musical Cast on record include Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu.

Recognition

He won the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023. Zac Efron also has received the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance (2009) for High School Musical 3: Senior Year.